Gros Plant du Pays Nantais

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The appellation is located in the Loire wine region in a semicircle to the east and south-east around the city of Nantes in the Pays Nantais area on the Atlantic coast. The former VDQS area was classified as AOP in 2012. The name is derived from the main grape variety Gros Plant, a synonym used here for the variety Folle Blanche, which was introduced from the Charente in the 14th century. The wine made from it was particularly popular with the Dutch and was used in part for distillation. From the mid-1880s onwards, the Folle Blanche was almost wiped out by the phylloxera catastrophe and replaced by Melon de Bourgogne and hybrid vines. It was only after the establishment of the appellation and the EU ban on hybrids that the variety was reactivated.

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